New electric Ram

[Tim7139]

how many millions of gallons of water will have to be sucked

On the topic of millions of gallons...

While this incident got a lot of press

A Decade After BP Oil Spill, Texas A&M Experts Say It Could Happen Again – Texas A&M Stories

Oceanography professors say the Deepwater Horizon spill in 2010 changed the Gulf of Mexico in ways we are still trying to understand.

today.tamu.edu

it revealed a lot of unresolved previous incidents leading to millions of barrels being discharged in the area

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/a-14-year-long-oil-spill-in-the-gulf-of-mexico-verges-on-becoming-one-of-the-worst-in-us-history/2018/10/20/f9a66fd0-9045-11e8-bcd5-9d911c784c38_story.html

as we humans are a messy bunch.

 

[runamuck]

If you google earth view that area, a little to the southeast is an existing strip mine owned by the Newmont mining co. a smaller project overall but still a glimpse of what these projects are like. one thing that was interesting about that story to me as a history buff was the story about how the area got it's name and the tale of that guy Thacker who was instrumental in the capture of some of the old west's bad guys and his involvement in rescuing and raising a couple of indian kids after troops killed some indians near there.

 

[Tim7139]

If you google earth view that area, a little to the southeast is an existing strip mine owned by the Newmont mining co. a smaller project overall but still a glimpse of what these projects are like.

It seems Newmont has a few Gold mining operations in the area which are active and not at end of life/remediation. Since gold is used in both ICE and EV RAMs I'm unclear on the intended take away. If you google earth view Fort MacKay you can see much larger active and remediated oil sands sites if you like that sort of thing?

I've been able to spend time at several active and inactive mines that are much larger, with a variety of target resources (coal, copper, gold, oil, all sorts of things) so I'd be able to visualize even if the video I linked had not attempted to do so. If you want a great example of when it all goes pear shaped the Mount Polley mine is Canada's largest environmental mining disaster to date, and a small group of concerns citizens worked very hard to push the mine and governments to address the disaster and try and avoid future disasters. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/brit...-emotions-accountability-unresolved-1.5236160

one thing that was interesting about that story to me as a history buff was the story about how the area got it's name and the tale of that guy Thacker who was instrumental in the capture of some of the old west's bad guys and his involvement in rescuing and raising a couple of indian kids after troops killed some indians near there.

There was a TV show in 1980's Gold Trails and Ghost Towns that explored BC's history and had lots of great tales in a similar vein, focusing on its mining origins and the characters involved. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Trails_and_Ghost_Towns

 

[Stavinksi]

EV is the future. As a Tesla and ram owner, they both have a place today. Our model Y costs 3 cents a mile in fuel. It is plugged in at home every second it is home and we always have a “full tank” at the start every day. Have supercharged once on a 500 mile round trip. 18,000 miles on the Y now, f150 lightening on order, told June/July delivery. I doubt I will keep it since I love the RAM and I doubt the lightenings towing ability, but when it comes I will make a final choice. I like the idea of eventually charging with solar panels on my roof at home and letting the oil producing nations and companies take a break from their shenanigans. Everyone saying this won’t work has never actually studied it. I agree today is not the future but it’s in my lifetime easy and I am not a teenager tree hugger! EV is very compelling. We pay an additional EV road use tax with plates in my state.

 

[KKBB]

EV is the future. As a Tesla and ram owner, they both have a place today. Our model Y costs 3 cents a mile in fuel. It is plugged in at home every second it is home and we always have a “full tank” at the start every day. Have supercharged once on a 500 mile round trip. 18,000 miles on the Y now, f150 lightening on order, told June/July delivery. I doubt I will keep it since I love the RAM and I doubt the lightenings towing ability, but when it comes I will make a final choice. I like the idea of eventually charging with solar panels on my roof at home and letting the oil producing nations and companies take a break from their shenanigans. Everyone saying this won’t work has never actually studied it. I agree today is not the future but it’s in my lifetime easy and I am not a teenager tree hugger! EV is very compelling. We pay an additional EV road use tax with plates in my state.

How much is that EV road tax?

 

[wgreggking]

Need more charging stations nearest one an hour away
https://twitter.com/apexworldnews/s...ting-charge-25-wait-line-takes-1-hour-charge/

 

[Ole Buck]

Batteries store energy they don't produce it. Something has to produce the energy and wind mills and rivers are not going to do it.

 

[TRK_GANG74]

Don’t forget people will steal the charging cables from the stations to sell the copper. It’s already happening with Tesla chargers!

 

[GTyankee]

San Diego Gas & Electric gets a fair percentage of the electricity from Wind Turbine & Solar Farms
Then they sell it to the highest bidder, usually not in San Diego.

They also announced early this week, that our Gas bill will raise $7.00 a month & the Electric bill will go up almost $10 a month

I will mention that SDG&E did not build or contribute to the building of those Wind & Solar Farms
The investors were from other countries.

 

[mikeru]

Batteries store energy they don't produce it. Something has to produce the energy and wind mills and rivers are not going to do it.

Where I live, the vast majority of electric power is hydro-electric. Or rivers, as you would call it. I live about 20 minutes from a major dam on the Snake river. There is some wind generation, but I have no idea who runs those.

 

[barr0208]

San Diego Gas & Electric gets a fair percentage of the electricity from Wind Turbine & Solar Farms
Then they sell it to the highest bidder, usually not in San Diego.

They also announced early this week, that our Gas bill will raise $7.00 a month & the Electric bill will go up almost $10 a month

I will mention that SDG&E did not build or contribute to the building of those Wind & Solar Farms
The investors were from other countries.

wow thats a small increase for gas just got our bill its going up 20.5% average gas bill is $75 per month new one will be $93.75 effective in june

 

[Ole Buck]

Where I live, the vast majority of electric power is hydro-electric. Or rivers, as you would call it. I live about 20 minutes from a major dam on the Snake river. There is some wind generation, but I have no idea who runs those.

Hydro meaning water, massive hydro-electricity is produced by a running river correct? Or is my south Alabama education lacking?

 

[mikeru]

Hydro meaning water, massive hydro-electricity is produced by a running river correct? Or is my south Alabama education lacking?

Correct. Hydro-electric power generation happens in dams, which are strategically located on running rivers. But not all of those are large, or located on large rivers. There's some power generation produced from small dams on smaller sized rivers.

 

[bcbouy]

EV is the future. As a Tesla and ram owner, they both have a place today. Our model Y costs 3 cents a mile in fuel. It is plugged in at home every second it is home and we always have a “full tank” at the start every day. Have supercharged once on a 500 mile round trip. 18,000 miles on the Y now, f150 lightening on order, told June/July delivery. I doubt I will keep it since I love the RAM and I doubt the lightenings towing ability, but when it comes I will make a final choice. I like the idea of eventually charging with solar panels on my roof at home and letting the oil producing nations and companies take a break from their shenanigans. Everyone saying this won’t work has never actually studied it. I agree today is not the future but it’s in my lifetime easy and I am not a teenager tree hugger! EV is very compelling. We pay an additional EV road use tax with plates in my state.

my oldest son is really big into Tesla.he sunk a few mil into stock.got an s plaid (f me does it book,had to insure it as a supercar) gave his brother a model 3 and signed him and us up for cybertrucks.i'd rather have a Rivian,but if he's buying...

 

[Stavinksi]

my oldest son is really big into Tesla.he sunk a few mil into stock.got an s plaid (f me does it book,had to insure it as a supercar) gave his brother a model 3 and signed him and us up for cybertrucks.i'd rather have a Rivian,but if he's buying...

I think we’re gonna be waiting a while on the Cybertruck myself. There are a bunch of Tesla-naires out there, congrats to your son for seeing that coming and cashing in!

 

[kdwright5407]

Can your son adopt me?

 

[bcbouy]

I think we’re gonna be waiting a while on the Cybertruck myself. There are a bunch of Tesla-naires out there, congrats to your son for seeing that coming and cashing in!

yeah,i can wait.i'm not giving up my Powerwagon any time soon.the wife can drive the cyber all she wants.

 

[Tim7139]

Hydro meaning water, massive hydro-electricity is produced by a running river correct? Or is my south Alabama education lacking?

I find it kinda funny that Alabama is the second-largest hydroelectric power producer east of the Rocky Mountains, given it only represents 9% of over all generation.

This link has pictures of several of Alabama's hydro projects

Generating Plants

Alabama Power owns or operates 77 electric generating units with total nameplate capacity of more than 12 million kilowatts. These generating units are located at 25 facilities.

www.alabamapower.com

Alabama's electricity production exceeds its consumption with nearly one-third of the electricity generated in the state being exported, so between that nuclear generation (32% of production) Alabama may be ahead of most.

 

[Tray Burge]

OMG that's hideous! Glad I have my gas guzzler Hemi!

 

[TimboRam77]

As the world embraces the green hell religion keep this in mind, the goal is carbon zero. Take a look at your loved ones and remember they are all carbon-based life forms. Georgia guidestones. Reduce the world population to 500 million. That means the davos world economic forum elites to to kill 7.3 billion carbon based life forms. I personally love carbon. It is not the enemy.